essaying

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English

Verb

essaying

present participle and gerund of essay

Noun

essaying (plural essayings)

An attempt; a try.
- a. 1858, Charles Boner, Mother and Child:
  The dialogue most sweet
  Is a glad mother's converse with her child,
  When first he makes his essayings at speech.

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